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Spilyay Tymoo June 5, 2019
Letters to the editor
In favor
First I would like to apolo-
gize to my sister, Eliza B. Jim
and her Van Pelt children for
the loss of their Van Pelt el-
der. However, at least their
close love and knowledge will
live forever.
Because tribal monies are
involved in the rodeos, pow-
wows and sporting events, I
am very concerned the
tribes are contributing thou-
sands of dollars to these pow-
wows and other sports
events. You know and I
know some tribes are now
requiring tribal enrollment
numbers shown before they
are given a participation num-
ber to be in any powwow
events. I am in favor of this
practice and am encouraging
the powwow committees and
our tribes to start practicing
this.
Gratefully,
Neda Wesley, T# 74, 7-
18-38.
Message from
Power & Water
The membership is in-
vited to review the Warm
Springs Power & Water En-
terprises annual report. The
document—reviewing the
2018 perfor mance—is
available at the administra-
tion building, and at the
Power & Water office. Some
of the points in the docu-
ment:
The year 2018 saw a slow
turn in the right direction
for energy sales revenue.
With an extremely hot sum-
mer and a late cold winter,
energy markets were busy
filling the need for demand,
which drove up the whole-
sale market. We derive our
revenue through a power
sales agreement approved
by the Board of Directors
and the Tribal Council….
The future of Power &
Water Enterprises looks
positive with many things to
explore for future develop-
ment. The Pelton Project
will continue to be a very
important part of the tribes’
overall economic viability…
The reintroduction of
steelhead and salmon into
the upper Deschutes basin
above the project will be an
exciting development, but
with this comes the large re-
sponsibility to ensure the
tribes’ interest for restora-
tion becomes a reality….
Power & Water wel-
comes the membership to
review the full document.
You can reach the office at
541-553-1046.
Vets Expo
The Jefferson County
Veterans Service Office
would like to invite you to
attend their first annual Vet-
erans Expo. This free family
event will be on Thursday,
June 20 at the Jefferson
County Veterans Service Of-
fice, 860 SW Madison St.,
Madras.
Many veterans ser vice
providers and vendors will be
on hand: The Oregon De-
partment of Veterans Affairs,
including Aging Services,
Women Veterans, HUD-
VASH, Central Oregon Vet
Center, BestCare Suicide Pre-
vention and Awareness.
Johnathan Courtney, Vet-
erans Association of Real
Estate Professionals, Military
HelpLine, 22 Outdoors, Na-
tional Guard Family Pro-
grams, Willamette National
Cemetery, Wreaths Across
America, American Red
Cross Programs, and many
more.
There will be free haircuts
and massage, a free barbecue
and raffles.
Laura Moore, phone
541-475-5228. Email:
laura.moore@co.jefferson.
or.us
Howlak Tichum
Lucille Marie Geary of
Toppenish died in her home
on Sunday, June 2, 2019. She
was 69.
Ms. Geary was born in
Warm Springs in 1950 to
Dondee Leon Geary and
Bessie McKinley.
She attended grade school
in Warm Springs, and then
Riverside Indian Boarding
School in Oklahoma, where
she graduated in 1968.
Lucille
earned
an
Associate’s Degree in Book-
keeping from Central Wash-
ington State College.
Lucille worked for the
Yakama Nation, including as
a bookkeeper with the tribe’s
Comprehensive Alcoholism
Outreach Program and for
the Yakama Nation Tribal
School.
Although from War m
Springs, she was content and
wanted to spend her time
with her children, grandchil-
dren, and extended grandchil-
dren of Yakama Nation.
During her lifetime she
lived in Warm Springs and
Los Angeles, before settling
down in her rural Toppenish
home for over the past 30
years.
Lucille loved many hob-
bies and interests, including
seamstress work and shop-
ping thrift shops. She also
cherished gathering, prepar-
ing and serving traditional
foods with her mothers-in-
law and cousins. Her love of
sports ranged from local
teams to the Seattle
Seahawks. She especially en-
joyed
attending
her
grandchildren’s sporting
events, where she could be
heard coaching and getting
after the refs.
She married Ronnie L.
Washines, a fellow Riverside
alum, in 1969 and they have
five children.
Her children, Ronna Lena
Washines, Dayel Marie
Washines, Magdelina Sue
Washines, Brian Edward
Washines
and
Ronn
Cassaseeka Washines, her sib-
lings, Dempsey O. Polk, Illona
Lillie and Monty Arthur, her
grandchildren by Ronna,
Trevor Smith, Draidan Smith
and Cari-Gene Smith, all of
whom she loved and enjoyed
beyond measure, her many
nephews and nieces, grand-
nephews and grandnieces, in
both the Yakama Reservation
and Warm Springs Reserva-
tion, all survive Lucille.
Her parents, her siblings,
Donna Geary-Foster, Delmar
Geary and Antonette Lillie,
her aunt, Maxine McKinley,
her uncle, Clarence McKinley,
and cousins, nephews and
nieces from the War m
Springs and Yakama reserva-
tions, all preceded Lucille in
death.
At the Lil’ Miss Pageant
Warm Springs Recreation in May
hosted the Lil’ Miss Warm Springs
Pageant. The candidates
demonstrated traditional skills and
knowledge, and public speaking.
Shantelle Henry was crowned Senior
Lil’ Miss Warm Springs; Jaliyah
George, Junior Lil’ Miss Warm
Springs; and Ashlyn Wolfe, Lil’ Miss
Warm Springs. The evening included
a social, and other dances.
Jayson Smith photos
Sunday services
Our Sunday Services are
now at 10 a.m. We are still
meeting at the Senior Cen-
ter on Wednesday night at 6
p.m. for potluck and Bible
Study.
Warm Springs Christian
Fellowship, Pastor Brent
Census jobs
in W.S.
A U.S. Census is com-
ing up in 2020, and the
Census Bureau is seeking
to fill census taker posi-
tions, including jobs here in
Warm Springs. The appli-
cation process is easy. You
can apply online at:
2020census.gov/jobs
As part of the applica-
tion process, you will be
asked to respond to ques-
tions that relate to your
educational, work and
other experience. If you
need help, just call 1-855-
562-2020.
If hired, your work
schedule will depend on
your position. Generally,
hours for field positions
are flexible. Some posi-
tions require day hours,
and others evenings and
weekends.
Supervisory positions
require employees to be
available for certain day,
evening and possibly week-
end shifts.
The goal of the Census
Bureau is to place the Cen-
sus takers in his or her own
community.
Employees are paid
weekly. Field employees will
be reimbursed for autho-
rized work expenses like
mileage, incurred while con-
ducting Census work. Pay
during the training period is
a slightly lower rate.
Boarding
school apps
Boarding school applica-
tions for Chemawa Indian
High School, Riverside
Indian
School
in,
Anadarko, Oklahoma;
Sher man Indian High
School at Riverside, Cali-
fornia; and Flandreau In-
dian
High
School,
Flandreau, South Dakota
are now available at Warm
Springs Higher Education.
The deadline to apply is
July 31.
Higher Education is lo-
cated in the Education
building, 1110 Wasco
Street, Top Floor, room
306. The phone is 541-
553-3311. Talk to Carroll
Dick.
Wishes...
Happy Birthday nephew
Amere, I love you, ninja.
Happy Birthday Eric
Queahpama, Love Anga,
Love you cuz. Happy belated
Birthday Vanessa Walker-
Stwyer, Love Angela Polk.
Happy graduation Carissa
Smtih-Strong, from ninja.
Congratulations to Audrey
Polk-Ruiz from Auntie Anga
ninja, Happy Birthday ‘grace’
Love ya.
Howlak Tichum
Veteran Republican Or-
egon Senator Jackie Win-
ters, the first African-
American Republican
elected to the Legislature,
died in late May at age 82
after a battle with cancer.
Sen. Winters was a good
friend of Atwi Prosanna
‘Pruny’ Williams, working
on women’s health and
children’s welfare issues.
Sen. Winters was a long-
time guest of the Pi-Ume-
Sha dinner; and supported
tribal efforts throughout
her state legislative career.
The Oregon Legislature
last week held a minute of
silence in Ms. Winters’
honor. of Representatives.
A lawmaker who had been
presenting a bill was over-
come with emotion.
Rep. Mark Meek, D-
Oregon City, stood up and
sang Amazing Grace.
Sen. Winters was most
recently re-elected in 2018
to represent the Salem
area, but she had been ill
with lung cancer and was
absent from the Legislature
for weeks.
She was remembered
for strongly backing a
sweeping juvenile justice
reform package. Among
other things, the bill en-
sures young offenders
aren’t automatically sen-
tenced to life without pa-
role, and establishes path-
ways for early release and
rehabilitation.
Congratulations to
bicycle raffle winner
Tony Anderson.
Ronnie Thomas.
Interesting reminiscence
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
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The Warm Springs
Academy opened in the
fall of 2015, the
former Warm Springs
elementary having
closed that summer.
Some of the former
school building now
house offices providing
tribal health and family ser-
vices.
The old school buildings,
though, still bear apparent
witness to former students
who attended some years
ago.
“It was brought to my
attention that there are
etchings on bricks at the old
school building that may
have meaning to some-
one,” said Ron Hager, di-
rector of Warm Springs
HAPPI.
The etchings (two ex-
amples above) appear to
be by students who at-
tended the school back in
the 1940s—an interesting
reminiscence of years
gone by.